In the movie The Hunger Games, the main character, Katniss Everdeen, lives in a dystopian society where every year, one boy and one girl are chosen from each of the 12 “districts” to represent in the morbid competition for survival. Citizens in their society live under strict laws, are forced to conform, and are not allowed to rebel or speak freely. Much like The Hunger Games, the society of Fahrenheit 451, lives under strict laws, are forced to conform, and are not allowed to speak freely. The society in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows examples of a dystopia. Conformity being forced by the government is an element of a dystopian society. Montag describes the Mechanical Hound, a vicious contraption that stays at the fire station, will kill anyone who is guilty of owning or reading books, “It was like a great bee come home from …show more content…
In this case, propaganda about books is being communicated to the citizens by the government. Montag knows that books are good and is trying to convince Mildred that the government telling them books are bad is all just a lie, so he tells her, “Is that why we’re hated so much? I've heard rumors about hate, too, once in a long while, over the years. Do you know why? I don't, that's sure! Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damn insane mistakes!” (74). Mildred didn’t believe Montag when he told her books could help the society because she doesn’t realize that the government could be wrong. Another time this happened was when Montag was talking to the girl who is very observant and seems to know about everything the government’s intentions, “‘Do you ever read any of the books you burn?’ He laughed. ‘That’s against the law!’” (8). Propaganda is being used and as a result, they have to follow a countless number of laws. The act of reading books is just unheard of for reasons the citizens will never